| Title |
Unintended Pregnancy, Induced Abortion, and Mental Health
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Current Psychiatry Reports, September 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11920-017-0832-4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sarah Horvath, Courtney A. Schreiber |
| Abstract |
The early medical literature on mental health outcomes following abortion is fraught with methodological flaws that can improperly influence clinical practice. Our goal is to review the current medical literature on depression and other mental health outcomes for women obtaining abortions. The Turnaway Study prospectively enrolled 956 women seeking abortion in the USA and followed their mental health outcomes for 5 years. The control group was comprised of women denied abortions based on gestational age limits, thereby circumventing the major methodological flaw that had plagued earlier studies on the topic. Rates of depression are not significantly different between women obtaining abortion and those denied abortion. Rates of anxiety are initially higher in women denied abortion care. Counseling on decision-making for women with unintended pregnancies should reflect these findings. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 6 | 8% |
| Poland | 4 | 5% |
| Argentina | 4 | 5% |
| Australia | 3 | 4% |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 3% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1% |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1% |
| Kenya | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
| Unknown | 52 | 67% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 68 | 87% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 6% |
| Scientists | 5 | 6% |
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| Unknown | 173 | 100% |
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| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 15 | 9% |
| Researcher | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 24 | 14% |
| Unknown | 70 | 40% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 41 | 24% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 18 | 10% |
| Psychology | 15 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 5% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 12 | 7% |
| Unknown | 75 | 43% |
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